ATM Modernization

Albania’s Herculean Advance for the Olympic Games

Albania is about to embark on a comprehensive air traffic management (ATM) modernization effort, in part to accommodate the anticipated spike in air travel to neighboring Greece for the 2004 Olympic Games.…

Editor's Note

Calendar

May 13-15 Aviation Services and Suppliers Supershow (AS3) and GSE (Ground Support Equipment) International Expo, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact Jill Hilgenberg, phone 800-827-8009, ext. 3349, fax 952-894-8252 or…

Business & GA

Cirrus SR22: Large Capability in a Small Package

When Duluth, Minn.-based Cirrus Design planned the cockpit for its piston-powered SR22, it sought a panel design that would bring familiarity and comfort to the general aviation (GA) pilot. In short, it…

ATM Modernization

Should We Privatize FAA?

To privatize or not to privatize. Countries such as Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the UK have adopted various levels of privatization for their air traffic control (ATC). The U.S. Federal Aviation…

ATM Modernization

Feedback

Some Tanker Background In reference to your "Smart Tanker" story (January 2003, page 18), I was hired in 1986 by McDonnell Douglas to promote new tanker avionics systems, among other things. The…

Business & GA

How Fractional Ownership Impacts Avionics Support

Time was when a clear distinction existed between air transport and corporate aircraft operations. The airliners were (and still are) the workhorses that regularly carted passengers and cargo around, while the corporate…

Editor's Note

MLS: Back to the Future?

To many experts in the United States, the microwave landing system (MLS) is past history–one of the many highly touted solutions to pressing aviation problems that, despite their promise, never reached operational…